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| Convert from caballeria [Central America] to hundred |
Unit Definition (caballeria [Central America]) The caballeria [Central America] is a traditional unit of land area. In Central America it equals 60 manzanas, which is roughly 45 hectares (110 acres). Unit Definition (hundred) The hundred is an old English unit of area equal to 100 hides (see above). This is roughly 12 000 acres, 5000 hectares, or 18.75 square miles. The hundred is approximately the area of a village with its associated fields, so the name "hundred" came to mean a minor division of a shire or county. This use carried over to the American colonies, where, for example, many of the early settlements in Virginia were called hundreds.
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